2 Chronicles 18:19:102 Chr.18.19.W10TAB
גִּלְעָ֑ד
gilad
“Gilead”
- Transliteration
- gil-AD
- Extended
- gihl-AAD
- IPA
- /ɡilˈʕaːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- Gilead
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
gil-AD
- phraseyour reading level
be-ra-MOT gil-AD
- clause
va-YO-mer ye-ho-VAH MI ye-fa-TE et-a-KHA-av ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL ve-ya-AL ve-yip-POL be-ra-MOT gil-AD
- sentence
va-YO-mer ye-ho-VAH MI ye-fa-TE et-a-KHA-av ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL ve-ya-AL ve-yip-POL be-ra-MOT gil-AD va-YO-mer ZE o-MER KA-kha ve-ZE o-MER KA-kha
Exegesis
The location bərāmōṯ gilʿāḏ {בְּרָמֹת גִּלְעָד | bərāmōṯ gilʿāḏ} anchors the decree in a specific battlefield. The closing line uses parallel demonstratives with participles, zeh ʾōmēr kākāh …
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:19
And the LORD said, “Who will entice Ahab, king of Israel, so that he goes up and falls at Ramoth Gilead?” And one was saying, “Like this,” and another was saying, “Like that.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:19:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Chronicles 18:19, so the Hebrew word גִּלְעָ֑ד (gilad) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Chr.18.19.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.19.W10.S1) and character.